Abby and Reid Gray would never have known Clayton Sparks if not for a tragedy that...
About four years later, however, that all changed. Reid was on his honeymoon with Abby when he fell ill.Reid was ultimately diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease. When his doctor asked if he had other health issues, the high liver enzymes were mentioned.
Abby was optimistic. Doctors would continue monitoring Reid, and it did not seem to be progressing quickly. “I wasn’t worried,” she said. “It was really scary,” she said. “His parents and my mom were in the waiting room. I walked out to tell them, but I couldn’t even say the words.”“It wasn’t down the line,” Reid said. “It was like this has to happen now.”
“We were told that a living donor would be our last resort,” Abby said. “And we were at our last straw.” His mother, Beth Sparks, was on the phone with her sister in the hospital when she saw something pop up on Facebook. “Someone wrote, ‘Beth, I have a friend who needs a liver. I hate to ask, but if I don’t, I’ll always regret it,’” she said.
In fact, when Reid and Abby heard about the possibility, they were at a wedding. They decided to stay put, wait and see and not to get excited.With tears in her eyes, Abby looked over at her husband.The next day, on Jan. 14, 2019, Abby and Reid were at the J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center at Houston Methodist.Because Clayton was an organ donor, he was able to give to 80 people in all.
Reid awoke with a new liver and his phone was full of messages from individuals he did not know yet. “They were all Clayton’s friends and family,” Abby said.Reid had a number of complications after the procedure — but had healed just enough when Abby went into preterm labor. Luckily, he was cleared to drive under the circumstances.
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